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A cap is a form of headgear. Caps have crowns that fit very close to the head and have no brim or only a visor. They are typically designed for warmth and, when including a visor, blocking sunlight from the eyes.

[edit] Types of cap

Rendering of a baseball cap.

Boston Celtics cap manufactured by Adidas

German M43-style field cap of the "Bundesgrenzschutz" (BGS), the German Federal Police

• Ascot cap
• Ayam
• Baseball cap
• Beanie
• Beret
• Biretta
• Cap of Maintenance
• Casquette
• Coif
• Combination cap (also known as service cap)
• Cricket cap
• Do-rag
• Dutch cap
• Engineer cap
• Fez
• Fiddler cap (also known as Dutch Boy)
• Fitted cap
• Flat cap
• Forage cap
• Garrison cap
• Glengarry
• Greek fisherman's cap
• International cap
• John Lennon cap
• Kepi
• Kippah (also known as yarmulke)
• Kufi (also known as a kofia, African cap worn with a dashiki)
• Muir cap
• Newsboy cap
• Nightcap
• Nurse cap
• Patrol cap
• Peaked cap
• Sailor cap
• Shako
• Sindhi topi
• Square academic cap
• Tam
• Tam o'shanter
• Taqiyah (cap), worn by Muslim males
• Tubeteika
• Tuque or Stocking cap or Wool cap or Watch cap
• Utility cover
• Welder's cap
• Yachting cap
• Zucchetto

[edit] See also

• List of hats and headgear
• Bonnet, until about 1700 the usual word for brimless male headgear.

[edit] External links

• My Kingdom for a Crown: An Around-the-World History of the Skullcap and its Modern Socio-Political Significance, by Reverend Antonio Hernandez (pdf) -- a thorough history of the skullcap, with chapters on the yarmulke and the beanie among others.